| Father's
Name |
Late
Shri Ramunni Marar |
| Mother’s
Name |
Late
Smt. Kaliyani Amma |
| Date
of Birth |
5
July 1918 |
| Place
of Birth |
Kannur
(Kerala) |
| Marital
Status |
Widower
|
| Date
of Marriage |
2
June 1954 |
| Spouse’s
Name |
Late
Smt. Kalyanikutty Amma |
| No.
of Sons |
One
|
| No.
of Daughters |
One |
| Educational
Qualifications |
Matriculate
Educated at Raja’s High School and College
of Arts, Trissur (Kerala) |
| Profession |
Artist,
Political and Social Worker and Trade Unionist |
| Permanent
Address |
Murali
Mandiram, Poonkunnam,
Trissur-680 001 (Kerala) |
| Present
Address |
9,
Krishna Menon Marg,
New Delhi-110 011
Tels. (011) 3794667, 3792565 |
| Positions
Held |
|
| 1945-47 |
Member,
Trichur Municipal Corporation |
| 1948-49 |
Member,
Cochin Legislative Assembly |
| 1952-54 |
Member,
Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly
Chief Whip, Congress Legislative Party, Kerala
(two terms) |
| 1965-95 |
Member,
Kerala Legislative Assembly (seven terms) |
1967-69,
1978, 1980-81
and 1987-91 |
Leader
of the Opposition, Kerala Legislative Assembly
(four times) |
| 1968-70 |
Chairman,
Public Accounts Committee |
| 1969
onwards |
Member,
Congress Working Committee |
| 1971-77 |
Cabinet
Minister, Home Affairs, Kerala |
March-April
1977,
1981-82, 1982-87
and 1991-95 |
Chief
Minister, Kerala (four terms) |
| 1984
onwards |
Member,
Congress Parliamentary Board |
| 1987 |
Chairman,
Committee on Socio-economic Policies, All India
Congress Committee (A.I.C.C.) |
| 1995-96 |
Union
Cabinet Minister, Industries |
| 1995-98 |
Member,
Rajya Sabha
Member, Committee on Science and Technology
Member, Committee on Environment and Forests
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Commerce
|
| 1998 |
Elected
to 12th Lok Sabha |
| 1998-99 |
Chairman,
Committee on Energy and its Sub-Committees
Member, Rules Committee
Member, General Purposes Committee
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways
|
| 1999 |
Re-elected
to 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term) |
| 1999-2000 |
Member,
Rules Committee
Member, Committee on Transport and Tourism |
| Social
and Cultural Activities |
Represented
various socio-cultural fora as a student |
| Special
Interests |
Arts
and painting |
| Countries
Visited |
Widely
travelled (12 countries) |
| Other
Information |
Actively
participated in Freedom Struggle; organised trade
unions; Founder-Member, Indian National Trade Union
Congress (I.N.T.U.C.), Kerala; Chairman, Committee
on Population, National Development Council, 1992;
Convenor, Committee on Price Rise, Unemployment
and Housing, A.I.C.C.; and Member, Indian Delegation
to I.L.O. Conference, 1957 |
